About Us

Who is ModFest?

ModFest and BlanketCon are made possible by enthusiastic members of the community. These are:

• Participants, who create mods, builds, and events, help less experienced peers, and bring an audience!
• Volunteers, who are chosen (with permission) for their skillset from our participant-base, and:
  • Contribute original art, builds, and music, help stream our events, and develop our in-house mods.
  • Collaborate on the preparation of ModFest events (mods, world, etc.) before their announcement.
• The ModFest Team, who are recruited from our volunteer-base through an interview process, and:
  • Handle the inception (or "pitching") of ModFest events, including their theme, schedule, and platform.
  • Make changes to our processes, as informed by retrospectives and participant feedback.
  • Administrate our platform, website, Minecraft servers, and moderate both in-game and on discord.

What isn't ModFest?

Here's some clarifications about the non-goals of ModFest and its events - and effectively ModFest's "spirit"

MODFEST HAS $0

We're not simply a non-profit - we have no coffers, nor revenue.

Our servers are all provided gratis, and our album sales are split directly among artists with no cut.

NO PRIZES, NO PRESSURE

ModFest events aren't competitions - they're about bringing people together.

We don't believe people need incentives to create, they just need an excuse. ModFest is a good excuse.

THE MODFEST IS FLAT

ModFest isn't a job, and it's not about glory or prestige. ModFest has no owner.

We don't run ModFest when it isn't fun, and we don't hoard responsibility - we distribute it.

Team/Volunteers aren't ordained, they're just people who step up - and they can step down just as easy.

WE'RE MODFEST, BUT MODFEST ISN'T US

We might be the original ModFest, but we'd never take the ship down with us.

Our api / bot, modpack infrastructure, util mods and this website are all open-source.

Feel free to run your own derivative events - in your own community or for the modding community at large.

ModFest attracts players by being run well - not because we own the keys. If we ever stop making good events - there'll simply be another modfest, at another time, with another name...